Hi, this is my first post on these message boards, so I apologize if I'm doing anything against SOP, but this seems the place to be.

Anyway, so my family has had a sorted past with Archos (I think we have had 3 in two years and all 3 have broken in some fashion). So my mom was given an Archos 7 Home Tablet for Christmas, and the pin in the hole for the charger has broken off. It's no longer under warranty and we really don't have money to spend on a new tablet. This Archos is one of the few modern pieces of electronics that doesn't charge with a USB cord.

I have some experience with soldering and basic understandings of circuitry, is there anything I can do myself to fix this? Or some sort of work around solution? I know this is unlikely, but, I'm desperate at this point and it can't hurt to ask the experts. Thanks.

When my was dropped at the floor the female part were the pin goes was totally broken so I demounted the pad and soldered a short USB-cable at the place. It doesn't look nice but it works. The charger gives 5volt so why in the h... didn't Archos put an USB connector there from the beginning. A warning... When you try to mount this crappy device again it will probably not fit 100%. Archos 7 is for sure a sad piece of sh...